What do you wish somebody had said to you in month one?

I would tell somebody in week two that the third day after a step is the honest one.

I would tell somebody starting to write two lines a day from the beginning. Just two.

I would tell them to find one person to tell. Just one.

Week one and somebody stayed on a call with me while I did it.

I would say: the obvious question is the right question, and nobody here sighs.

Beginning a taper rather than a start, which is its own kind of beginning.

Week three and I have found this place, which is the actual news.

Week one. Frightened, hopeful, tired. In that order, all day.

What I would change: I would have asked about a slower schedule on day one.

I would change how much I read at 2am.